Timeline of the Rochester Vosseler case

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Oct 7, 2012 at 3:15 AMOct 7, 2012 at 10:38 AM

By Samantha Allensallen@fosters.com

ROCHESTER [--] Following is a timeline of events in the case.

• In 1981, Ruth Parker meets Charles Vosseler through an advertisement for companionship in Mother Earth News. They meet for the first time at Niagara Falls. Parker moves to Newton, N.H. from her home in Wisconsin and the two are soon after married. They later move to Rochester.• In 1982, Parker becomes pregnant with her first child Charles Jason Vosseler, who is born on Dec. 9, 1982. • In 1983, Parker becomes pregnant with William Martin Vosseler, who is born on April 21, 1984. • On Oct. 9, 1986, Parker receives a call from her husband whom she has become separated from, requesting he return the children to her residence a little later than expected, on that Saturday night. • On Oct. 12, 1986, Parker discovers Vosseler has shut down his realty business, the children are missing and claims her belongings are stolen from her former residence shared with Vosseler. • In 1987, Parker receives assistance from the FBI, which she says at the time did not view parental abductions as severe as other abductions. Parker said she needed to enlist the help of a New Hampshire state senator to get the authorities' help. • In 1988, Monty Curtis, a private investigator, begins working with Parker on the case.